by Fr. Jim Chern
St. Bartholomew, Apostle - apart from that title for today's feast day, we know very little about him. This Gospel we just heard which references to “Nathaniel” it is believed by most scholars that this…
Often times we hear the phrase “See something, say something” as a reminder of our responsibility to help protect one another from all sorts of bad thing that can happen. Well here’s a story that…
“My wife’s enemies are now my enemies too... No one tells you about the other in-laws you acquire when you get married.” It’s hard to ignore a headline like that - especially when you’re sitting…
“Burning church buildings, anarchist and satanic symbols, and decapitated statues of Christ” was the lead sentence of one story this week describing attacks that have been experienced all across our country on Catholic Churches. Another…
For some reason the transfiguration of Jesus has always been a difficult moment in the life of Christ for me to wrap my head around and to enter into... In terms of the time-line where…
What are you willing to do for your faith, for what you believe? At the core that’s the question we encounter with this Gospel. It seems such an awkward episode. Because, on the surface, Jesus’…
They just finished dinner. Keep that in mind. This Gospel picks up (somewhat randomly for the way the lectionary normally functions) right where we left off in yesterday (Sunday’s) Gospel reading. It’s like those Television…
What is in our control and what isn’t? That’s always an important question for people in terms of juggling responsibilities and managing their lives and expectations. But even more so, that probably been one of…
There’s a sadness with this familiar story about Jesus attempting to minister at home. We know the details on a historical level - Jesus is not able to accomplish very much because the people’s limited…
I feel bad for St. Martha. Here it is her “feast day” when the Church takes a moment to celebrate her relationship with Christ and we can’t seem to escape the unfortunate or perhaps unfair…